Bid & Tender
Project Summary
Project Name: Sonatrach's Hassi Messaoud Refinery Project
Facility Type: Oil Refinery
Client: Sonatrach of Algeria
Budget (US $): 3,700,000,000
Project Initiation: Not Given
Project Completion:: Dec 13, 2027
Location: Hassi Messaoud
Project Current Status

A sub-contract for electromechanical work on Hassi Messaoud refinery project, has been awarded to Shaanxi Chemical Construction Engineering Company of China. The contract scope involves the installation and construction of natural gas system, naphtha hydrotreating system, continuous reforming unit, fuel oil and gas system and supporting facilities. The contract has been awarded by EPC contractor for the project – a consortium of Tecnicas Reunidas of Spain and Sinopec of China. (September 2026)

Project History
  • Sonatrach awarded the front-end engineering and design contract to Amec Foster Wheeler of UK for the refinery project. (2016)
  • Sonatrach has officially signed the main contract award for the Hassi Messaoud refinery with the consortium of Samsung Engineering and Tecnicas Reunidas. (January 2020)
  • The preliminary engineering work had been finished and the project was about 5% complete. Also, the main contractors Samsung Engineering and Tecnicas Reunidas had asked for amendments to the original deal due to the significant increase in building material prices since the original contracts were signed. (August 2024)
  • Sonatrach has cancelled its $1.3bn contract with Samsung Engineering of South Korea for the planned $3.7bn Hassi Messaoud refinery project in Algeria, and replaced it with Sinopec of China. Tecnicas Reunidas of Spain is still participating in the project. (December 2024)
Project Contract Awards - Feed
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Project Contract Awards - PMC
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  • No Tendering Process
Project Contract Awards - EPC
Contractor Prequalified Contractor Bids Submitted Contractor Awarded | Contract Value
  • Sinopec of China / Tecnicas of Spain
  • Sinopec of China / Tecnicas of Spain
  • Sinopec of China / Tecnicas of Spain
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Project Schedule

2016: Contract Award FEED

January 2020: Contract Award EPC

December 2024: New Contractor appointed for EPC
Q4, 2027: Expected Commissioning & start-up 

Project Scope

The project scope involves the construction of a refinery at Hassi Messaoud in Algeria.

 

The refinery project is estimated to produce an extra 2.7 million tonnes of diesel fuel and 1.2 million tonnes of gasoline a year.

 

The scope of work includes building process and utility units; a crude distillation unit/vacuum distillation unit; a continuous catalytic reforming unit; an isomerisation, naphtha hydro-treating unit; a hydro desulphurisation unit; and a hydrocracker unit, as well as utility systems.

 

It is part of Algeria’s $14bn strategic downstream capacity expansion programme, which included the construction of five new refineries, which however has been scaled down and delayed.

Project Structure:
The project is owned, operated and managed by the Sonatrach. It is the national state-owned oil company of Algeria.
SonatrachAlgeria
Address:

Sonatrach

Djenane El Malik, Hydra,

Algiers, 16035,

Algeria